She won the Arjuna award in 2018 largely on the basis of her achievements at Gold Coast. Since 2018 though, her performances have somewhat tailed off as her current world ranking of 63 suggests.

The Arjuna Award is officially titled the Arjuna Award for outstanding performance in Sports and Games. It stands as India's second-highest sporting honour. OTHER AWARDEES IN 2023 ...

Repeatedly denied the Arjuna award for an "inadvertent" dope offence back in 2012, Asian Games gold-winning boxer Amit Panghal on Friday requested Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju to revamp the ...

New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) The sports ministry, in its bid to avoid controversies, Friday issued fresh guidelines for selection of sportsperson for the Arjuna Awards.

"The dignity has to be maintained. Why do you need to give Arjuna every year? Is it necessary? We are now throwing the awards away," Ashok told PTI.

Ravi Dahiya, though, eagerly wants the Arjuna award and is planning to meet sports minister Anurag Thakur to discuss it. “I am delighted that I have been nominated for the Khel Ratna.

Kartik Aaryan expressed immense pride as Murlikant Petkar received the Arjuna Award, calling it a surreal moment. The actor shared heartfelt emotions on social media, celebrating the athlete's ...

Star Indian striker Sunil Chhetri says winning the prestigious Arjuna Award will spur him to do better in future. “It’s an inspiration to do better as I am now in the same league with so many ...

The previous highest number of Arjuna award recommendations was in 2012, when 25 athletes received the award. Over the last four years only 20 (in 2018), 14 (2017), 15 (2016) and 16 (2015) Arjuna ...